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Faculty of Social and Applied Sciences

Work where industry and research meet to solve today's big challenges.

Welcome to a community of like-minded individuals

Applied Science mixes scientific knowledge with practical applications.Ìý We will prepare you for employment through a practical, skills-based learning experience. Ìý

The Faculty is a dynamic, exciting place to study.Ìý Our staff are passionate and dedicated, and many have internationally recognised expertise. ÌýThe three departments offer undergraduate and taught post-graduate courses with a clear vocational theme. Many of our subjects led REF2014 rankings for research intensity for modern Scottish universities.Ìý Our accredited degrees are co-designed with industry, making them relevant to employers.

We reflect the University’s tenet of being ’rooted in the community’. This means close links with industry, the professions and local schools and colleges. Our staff influence policies on health, policing, education, and environmental practices nationally, and impact on developments in other areas.Ìý

We have a vibrant body of research students engaged in industry-based projects. Because the excellent research resources are all based on one site, we have several groups working together on inter-disciplinary projects.

OurÌýstrong reputation for innovative teaching reflects today's employment needs.Ìý We aim to give you a valuable qualification - combined with transferable skills - so you fulfil your ambitions.

Dean of Faculty

Andrea Cameron

Our Departments

Department of Built Environment and Life Sciences

We deliver inventive teaching, research and degrees in engineering, food, forensics and biomedical sciences.

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Department of Health, Sport and Wellbeing

We combine academic and practice-based learning with on-site work placements, so you gain valuable real-life work experience while you study.

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Department of Sociological and Psychological Sciences

51¶ÌÊÓÆµ and analyse the reasons why human beings act like they do in a friendly, supportive, and stimulating learning environment.

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